About Us
Our Story
A close call with carbon monoxide on September 18, 2014, inspired Norman Miller, PhD from Norwich, VT, to start the Alliance for Prevention of Carbon Monoxide Incidents (CO Alliance) in 2015. Dr. Miller teamed up with Bruce Martin from the VT Division of Fire Safety, Bill Degnan of the NH State Fire Marshal's Office, the Injury Prevention Center at Dartmouth, and the Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine to form the group. The CO Alliance includes members from public health, fire & life safety educators, State Fire Marshal’s Offices, and other state agencies and businesses. It also includes CO victims, their families, medical professionals, researchers, responders, and several state, national, and international partners.
Ardis Olson, Co-chair
Debra Samaha, Co-chair
Bill Degnan, ret. NH State Fire Marshal
Brad Loon, Public Safety Inspector II
ME State Fire Marshal’s Office
Jaden Sanborn, Assistant State Fire Marshal
VT State Fire Marshal’s Office
Jim Esdon, Program Coordinator
Dartmouth Injury Prevention Center
John Montes, Regional Disaster Officer
American Red Cross of Northern New England
Landon Wheeler, Deputy Director
VT State Fire Marshal’s Office
Lauri Volkert, CT State Fire Marshal
Marc Prindiville, Chief Mechanical Safety Inspector
NH State Fire Marshal’s Office
Mary MacCaffrie, former fire and life safety educator
NH State Fire Marshal's Office
Micheala Olin, Community Disaster Program Manager
American Red Cross of Northern New England
Mitch Cady, Fire Marshal
City of Manchester, NH
Patrick Holland, Fire and Life Safety Specialist
CT State Fire Marshal’s Office
Rebecca Cowser, Community Risk Reduction Program Manager
NH State Fire Marshal’s Office
Reg Beliveau, Assistant State Fire Marshal
VT State Fire Marshal’s Office
Sean Toomey, NH State Fire Marshal